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Again, apologies for taking some minor liberties with the chronology of the Ainulindalė/Valaquenta. I am trying to take care not to smudge too much canon, and only when it's for the sake of story-flow.

Anyway, here's Melkor, doing his finest Stevie Nicks impersonation. I want his design to show his fall from splendor a little more subtly and over time, instead of WHAM BAM DARK LORD like it is in the book. XD Bear with me. Mairon is going to undergo some changes as he develops as well (don't we all).

Remind me never to have a purple-ish, blue-ish character lit by ambient orange light ever, ever again.

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I had a dream about the origins of Sauron/Mairon the Maiar, and his time spent in the service of Aulė the Smith. Now I am trying to put some of that dream-material into a comic.

I want to explore some of the empty margins in the history of these characters, simply because there is a lot about Middle Earth theology that frustrates me a great deal, and I feel like the motivations of a lot of the 'dark' characters are not explored in the books at all (or at least, not to my satisfaction). So this is my sort of self-indulgent, mini "Paradise Lost" for the Silmarillion. XD

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~DragonmageMoonshadow Apr 11, 2013
I can't decide if I'm disturbed by Melkor or not. He's kind of creeping me out.
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~jubah Apr 2, 2013
aaww! Mairon's face when he asks about Melkor is like an excited child hahaha, how cute!
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*Zlukaka Mar 24, 2013
Gosh, Mairon, bebe, you so adorable :3 You really pulled off the young naive look perfectly! I especially adore the third panel, he's like "look daddy, what is this?". Dawww.

Melkor looks like he is having a really good time, which he probably is, the vile destructive bastard. XDDD

Oh my gosh, those backgrounds that you do they are so fab, so fab! So many dozens of hours must have gone into each of these pages! They are a masterpiece! 8D

I downer do you do thumbnails of pages before you draw them?
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~Sixwing Feb 4, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
But the shading on the purplish-bluish character lit by orange firelight is beautiful. o3o

I am impressed with the magma in this one.
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~NastyaSuliven Feb 4, 2013
This is simply gorgeous! And very original, too.

Good luck with the project! =)
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:iconrivkaz:
*RivkaZ Feb 8, 2013
Thank you so much! You are too kind! :heart:
I'm scratching away at the next page as we speak. :)
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~NastyaSuliven Feb 12, 2013
Yay, that's nica to hear!
I totally adore your version of Aule. =)
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~pandemonium-213 Feb 3, 2013
"Anyway, here's Melkor, doing his finest Stevie Nicks impersonation."

OMG. I just Jackson Pollocked my monitor with coffee! :D

Beautiful work. The colors are fabulous, and the way you've captured the light of the erupting volcanos and coupled that to the figure of Melkor is amazing. I am picking up the Milton vibe (and how!) from the story as it continues. I meant to note earlier that your interpretation of Aulë is fascinating - the mane-like hair and beard, the broken horns - those really gives him a pagan feel, more like the Valar of the History of Middle-Earth as opposed to the scrubbed and sanitized Valar of The Silmarillion. Mairon seems suitably innocent — for now. :D

"I am trying to take care not to smudge too much canon..."

Read David Brin's words again. And repeat. ;) Strict adherence to canon has the potential to stifle the imagination. Embrace the mythology, baby, and make no apologies! :)
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*RivkaZ Feb 7, 2013
The Milton vibes are only going to get stronger. XD
And as for me, I cannot read the Silmarillion without wanting to rough it up a bit (like Melkor mucking about with the perfect, symmetrical Arda).
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~TariSaralonde Feb 3, 2013
This is really great. I love how you've drawn these characters, and your art style is just perfect for comics.

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